Lentil Soup With Spinach And Lemon (ads Bi Hamud)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 375 g green lentils, soaked for 1 hour
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 kg spinach
• 2 onions, cut in half then sliced thinly
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 6 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 1/2 lemons, juice of

Recipe

• 1 wash and drain the lentils, place them in a pan with water to cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until they are very tender, adding salt and pepper, to taste, towards the end of the cooking time.
• 2 wash the spinach thoroughly, remove the stems, chop the leaves coarsely, and add them to the lentils.
• 3 sauté the onions and garlic in oil until soft, add the flour and stir well.
• 4 add a cup of water and stir until this sauce thickens; then pour the sauce into the soup.
• 5 add the lemon juice and more water, if necessary, and simmer until the soup is thick.
• 6 serve very hot.